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using System;

namespace log4net.Core;

/// <summary>
/// Appenders may delegate their error handling to an <see cref="IErrorHandler" />.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>
/// Error handling is a particularly tedious to get right because by
/// definition errors are hard to predict and to reproduce. 
/// </para>
/// </remarks>
/// <author>Nicko Cadell</author>
/// <author>Gert Driesen</author>
public interface IErrorHandler
{
  /// <summary>
  /// Handles the error and information about the error condition is passed as 
  /// a parameter.
  /// </summary>
  /// <param name="message">The message associated with the error.</param>
  /// <param name="e">The <see cref="Exception" /> that was thrown when the error occurred.</param>
  /// <param name="errorCode">The error code associated with the error.</param>
  /// <remarks>
  /// <para>
  /// Handles the error and information about the error condition is passed as 
  /// a parameter.
  /// </para>
  /// </remarks>
  void Error(string message, Exception? e, ErrorCode errorCode);

  /// <summary>
  /// Prints the error message passed as a parameter.
  /// </summary>
  /// <param name="message">The message associated with the error.</param>
  /// <param name="e">The <see cref="Exception" /> that was thrown when the error occurred.</param>
  /// <remarks>
  /// <para>
  /// See <see cref="Error(string,Exception,ErrorCode)"/>.
  /// </para>
  /// </remarks>
  void Error(string message, Exception e);

  /// <summary>
  /// Prints the error message passed as a parameter.
  /// </summary>
  /// <param name="message">The message associated with the error.</param>
  /// <remarks>
  /// <para>
  /// See <see cref="Error(string,Exception,ErrorCode)"/>.
  /// </para>
  /// </remarks>
  void Error(string message);
}
